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Joshua A Eldridge1, Mikolaj Milewski2, Audra L Stinchcomb3, Peter A Crooks4.
Abstract
A small library of amino acid ester prodrugs of 6-β-naltrexol (NTXOL, 1) was prepared in order to investigate the candidacy of these prodrugs for microneedle-enhanced transdermal delivery. Six amino acid ester prodrugs were synthesized (6a-f). 6b, 6d, and 6 e were stable enough at skin pH (pH 5.0) to move forward to studies in 50% human plasma. The lead compound (6 e) exhibited the most rapid bioconversion to NTXOL in human plasma (t1/2 = 2.2 ± 0.1h).Entities:
Keywords: Amino acid esters; Microneedles; Prodrugs; Stability; Transdermal
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25442314 PMCID: PMC4254627 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.072
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823